Cards for 2.22.10

Hello -

It is another chilly day here in Colorado. We had snow for the third Sunday in a row and today it is only 22 degrees here today. Now the snow has stopped and the sun is out but it is super chilly.

So, my first card today was inspired by French Chablis. If you haven't seen what she creates head on over to SCS and check out her lovely cards.

I started with my trusty Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Faded Jean, Peeled Paint, Broken China and Tea Dye inks. I rubbed these on to my craft sheet and lightly spritzed with my Mini Mister. I once thought that I could use any mister but I have come to see the error of my ways. The Mini Mister gives a very light fine spray unlike anything else I have used, I never have water blobs.

Next, I pressed my Medallion Stamp from Stampin' Up into the ink pools. I did dip it a few times to be sure that I covered my whole stamp. I pressed my stamp onto a white piece of cardstock. I let it sit on the cardstock for awhile just to be sure that it had time to soak into the cardstock.

I mounted this to a piece of Barely Banana cardstock (SU!)and punched a slot on the left-hand side of my card and tied a small piece of Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon (SU!)

Next, I stamped the sentiment with Broken China.


Next, for bling. The gems are from Hero Arts and My Little Yellow Bicycle.



Next, I broke out the liquorice . . . .

. . . . actually this is how I store my gel pens. :-)

I then used assorted gel pens to accent the design.

Here it is my finished card.

A bonus for today.

I made more flowers with my Silhouette. They all started as plain white cardstock. The larger flowers I colored with my Copic markers and the smaller flowers were lightly colored with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. I cut the label with my Epic 6 and Spellbinders dies. The flourishes and border are from Papertrey Ink and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up. The gems are from Hero Arts and the ribbon is SU! Once I had assembled everything I spritzed the whole thing with Glimmer Mist in Pearl. I got a little heavy with the spray but I still like it.

A close up.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week.